Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2009

Also working with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to help get them the respect and services they deserve, working on reform of the VA. Techies getting more socially engaged Q: Many people in the tech field want more meaning and more social impact for their lives. I also want to mention Consumer Reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

But, in addition to learning about the mission and focus of the organizations that are partnered with GamesThatGive, users are able to learn about – and see firsthand — the impact of the donations they are helping to generate. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association. The Wilderness Society. Ronald McDonald House Charities.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

The project is active in Iraq and Kenya. NASDAQ and several other impact investment organization are also interested in this area of work. These involve detection and interruption, identifying individuals involved in transmission, and changing social norms of the communities where it occurs.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2007

As a public foundation, we wanted to celebrate our tradition of entrepreneurial, high-impact grantmaking, and at the same time take advantage of the election year to elevate peace issues to the top of the list of priorities addressed by the presidential and congressional candidates.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 13, 2009

Earlier this year, the New Museum and Creative Time commissioned a traveling piece by artist Jeremy Deller called "It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq." Why would I want to talk about Iraq on a visit to an art museum? They are always accountable for the impact of their work, and it's important (and doable!)

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

This week's Ask Britt question, sent in by a reader, is, "How can I combine the creative arts with social impact? What are some great examples of creative work that is very effective in social impact?" Just an fyi (: Photo taken by me at March 2003 Iraq War protest in Oakland, CA creativity activism art film craft photography music.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

A disproportionate amount of women veterans are women of color, and many of them have just recently returned from Iraq or Afghanistan and are looking to get involved with the peace moment, and with their own political development, but also with their own healing, and what it means to heal after going through the incredible trauma of war.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Does it have that big of an impact?” And then look at first-rate performance and impact. We got to be able to make a great case about what the impact we’re having a short-term benefit to the beneficiaries, and the long-term benefit of what we’re doing those kinds of things. What does it really matter?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. We started from, in 1993, helping 33 women, to 16 years down the road, we have impacted 172,000 women directly and distributed $79 million to them. The impact of that is so magnificent. That's the story of Women for Women.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 20, 2009

Habbo’s InfoBus re: curbing violence against gay teens; developing understanding via the Matthew Shepard Foundation visiting ‘in-world’ or the War Child Int’l foundation partnership to focus in-world on kids impacted by violence in Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda etc.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

and displayed in the museum.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 17, 2008

What did you do this year that you feel made a real impact? Women for Women International supports women survivors of war in conflict and post-conflict areas (Afghanistan, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Sudan).

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Care2

JUNE 29, 2009

Furthermore, this is the first time in eight years that we have a Democrat in the White House who is very supportive of major progressive causes such as health care reform, ending the war in Iraq, etc. But obviously the struggling economy is impacting fundraising.

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See3

DECEMBER 17, 2007

750 “Turning the Page in Iraq&# mail pieces in Davenport $1,100.00 750 “Turning the Page in Iraq&# mail pieces in Davenport $1,100.00 What we do — or don’t do — in the days leading up to the Iowa caucuses on January 3rd can have a major impact on the future of our country.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

How's that going to impact our work next year? And if you want to know who any of those women that you didn't recognize their names are, definitely come grab me after at the reception because they're incredible women who have impacted our world. So that action is going to be over, what's the media plan? We are a 3.5

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

Whenever I felt like I could do something that was going to have some kind of impact, that gave me a lot of energy. There was so much to do, and I felt driven by my work and really rewarded by it, and not just paid work, but also all these volunteer things and other community stuff -- feeling really involved and feeling engaged.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

I really wanted to support people to be on the mic whose voices are often silenced in our society, and the people who are most impacted by poverty and environmental racism and some of those things we've talked about. He's an ex-Marine, has two sons in Iraq, is a arch Republican and right winger.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that? For them, that was a measure of change and a measure of impact. If you compare that to the budgets that we spend in just one day on fighting a war in Iraq, or the cost of an F16 fighter jet, you get some sense of how inordinately skewed those are.

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